<i> [gentle piano music]</i> <i> - When Mateo Cruz was
diagnosed at the age of two</i> <i> with a rare blood disease,</i> <i> doctors said he wouldn't make
it to his fifth birthday.</i> - All right, blow out the
candles, buddy. <i> - And yet here the miraculous
Mateo is six years later.</i> - Look at those lungs.
- Nice job. - When we heard
Mateo's amazing story, we knew we wanted to make his
biggest dream come true. And he knew
his wish right away. He didn't even have to think. - My wish is that I don't want
to meet Macklemore. <i> - Family and friends were
immediately touched</i> <i> by Mateo's dream.</i> I mean, what can I say? Our little guy
just can't stand Macklemore. And it's not
just his music either. As Mateo would say, you know... he just hates
the guy's whole vibe. <i> - I don't like his songs,</i> <i> and I don't think I would like
him as a person.</i> I don't ever want to meet him.
- Okay, champ. They're gonna see
what they can do, okay? No promises. - When we heard the wish, we weren't sure
it would be possible. <i> Macklemore seems
like a pretty nice guy.</i> <i> And surprising sick kids
at a hospital seems like</i> something he'd want to do. - We were just hoping and
praying that when he saw just how little his music meant
to our son, he'd understand. <i> [gentle music]</i> <i> ♪ ♪</i> - That's me. That's my dad. That's my mom. And there's no Macklemore. <i> - I'll never forget that night
in the hospital.</i> Mateo must have been five,
I think. [sniffles] We were watching TV, and he's
like, "Daddy, who's that?" <i> And I said, "Son, that's
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.</i> <i> That have a song called
"Thrift Shop."</i> He just goes,
"No, no, no, no, no." He looked like
he was gonna be sick. I mean, sicker
than he already was. - That's great.
That's really good. <i> It was so inspiring to see the
whole town come together</i> <i> to help make
Mateo's wish come true.</i> <i> When all this started, I said
to him, "You do know</i> "nobody would ever make you
meet Macklemore, right? He's not even
that big right now." And he was like,
"I just want to play it safe. I want a guarantee." - And we were like, "You know,
you can have whatever you want. "You know, if you wanted to
live in Disneyland for a month, "they could probably
make that happen. And you would still probably
never meet Macklemore." But then he said, "Dad, what if
Macklemore is at Disneyland?" And you know what?
I-I hadn't thought of that. <i> - After weeks of calling,</i> <i> Katherine finally connects
with Macklemore's managers.</i> - Yep, just don't visit him
and don't surprise him. Yep, that's all. Thank you so much. Okay. He's not coming. - Okay, buddy, time to take off
that blindfold, okay? - He's not here. He's really not here. - Macklemore
is never coming, honey, not now, not later, never. [applause] <i> - And that's when I realized
that all the other kids</i> <i> have it wrong
by wishing for vacations</i> <i> or a ticket to a big game.</i> When your one wish is to never
meet Macklemore, every day that you don't meet
Macklemore feels like a gift. <i> ♪ ♪</i> - You know, this is an
especially difficult job for me, because I actually kind
of like Macklemore. ♪ Downtown ♪ - Aah!
- Ooh, I'm sorry, kiddo. I thought you were asleep.
- Just let me die.
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